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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 165, NO. 56 | Wednesday November 12, 2008
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
12 · Classifieds
13 ·Crossword
16 · Sports
New Ball Game: Green’s
transfer opens door for Tyler.
PAGE 16
By maria nikias
Daily Trojan
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Assembly will kick off its second annual
Gender Justice Week on Wednesday, hoping
to raise awareness among the USC communi-ty
about issues related to gender identity and
expression.
This year’s Gender Justice Week will fo-cus
specifically on India, Thailand, Japan
and the Asian-American community, begin-ning
Wednesday night with a screening of
“Blue Gate Crossing,” a Taiwanese film from
2002 about love and sexual confusion among
three high schoolers. Monday’s Trans-Asian
Panel will feature USC faculty who have stud-ied
the experiences of transgender peoples
in East Asia, and Tuesday’s “Transgender
Ally Training” will address how transgender
individuals and their supporters can respond
to “common discrimination” and learn “ap-propriate
and up-to-date terminology,” ac-cording
to the GLBTA Facebook group.
“The goal of Gender Justice Week is to raise
awareness of transgender issues and trans-gender
individuals,” said Vincent Vigil, a USC
alumnus and director of the GLBTA Resource
Center. “Who do you feel you are? What is
your identity? For some people, they don’t feel
like they fit into that spectrum.”
For GLBTA, a week to break more barriers
This year’s Gender Justice Week will
explore transgender issues through the
arts with a focus on East Asia.
By ariel edwards-levy
Daily Trojan
James Warf, a Manhattan Project scientist turned
nuclear safety activist and longtime USC professor,
died Friday from spine cancer at his home in Silver
Lake, Calif. He was 91.
Warf was a group leader of the Manhattan
Project, conducting research during World War II
that aimed to develop the first nuclear weapon.
He also held patents on extraction techniques
that were used as part of the process for separat-ing
plutonium.
Warf is remembered as nothing short of phe-nomena
for his contributions to the scientific com-munity
at USC and elsewhere.
“He was a gentle, thoughtful and brilliant man,”
said Dan Hirsch, founder of the nuclear policy
group Committee to Bridge the Gap, who worked
closely with Warf. “For 30, years I would call him
about once a week with a technical question on nu-clear
chemistry matters, and I would begin the call
by saying, ‘Mr. Wizard, I have a question for you.’
And in 30 years, I never stumped him. I would ask
a one sentence question and I would get a brilliant
one-hour lecture off the top of his head.”
Warf worked to create a nuclear weapon to help
in the United States’ effort against the Nazis, but
later worried about the misuse of nuclear weapons,
often testifying as an expert witness in trials in-volving
the use of weapons-grade uranium in reac-tors,
Hirsch said.
“[The Manhattan Project] was something he
lived to regret because it contributed to spread of
weapons worldwide,” he said. “He spent most of his
life working to restrain the genie that had escaped
from the bottle.”
Lawrence Singer, a chemistry professor at USC
since 1967, said Warf eventually grew concerned
with the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
“He was not antinuclear — he thought there was
a role to be played by nuclear energy in fields such
as nuclear medicine and the use of nuclear energy
as a power source,” Singer said.
USC professor,
government
scientist dies
Warf was a pioneer in the field of nuclear,
engineering developing plutonium separation.
| see warf, page 11 |
By natalie chau
Daily Trojan
As NASA continues to expand its explo-ration
of the last great frontier, the USC
Viterbi School of Engineering plans to fur-ther
expand its own academic opportuni-ties
for students around the world.
The class, Space Exploration
Architectures Concept Synthesis Studio,
will be taught online through the Distance
Education Network, an online master’s de-gree
program. The program, established
in 1972, enables students to earn a mas-ter’s
degree in science “without having to
set foot on the campus,” according to the
program’s website.
The course explores ways in which hu-mans
can survive in space. Under the
guidance of adjunct professor Madhu
Thangavelu and experienced engineers,
students study existing projects aimed at
making space inhabitable for humans and
seek to tackle challenges of space coloni-zation.
“We try not to do the same problem
every year. Sometimes we talk about
Mars, sometimes about hotels in orbit,”
Thanagvelu said. “This year, we are look-ing
at ideas like lunar agriculture and how
you grow stuff on the moon. We are look-ing
at how you would make a lunar colony
comfortable.”
Much of the class instruction is con-ducted
by guest lecturers from the engi-neering
industry.
Thangavelu said offering the class on-line
will allow him to add more guest
speakers. Guest lecturers, such as NASA
officials who would not be able to make it
to campus in person, could be invited to
participate via video in the new format.
Engineering class boldly goes where
no USC student has gone before
The new classes will be taught online
via USC’s Distance Education Network.
| see nasa, page 14 |
Members of the armed forces held a vigil for United States Military veterans Tuesday night in front of Tommy Trojan. Elsewhere on
campus, in honor of Veterans Day, the USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and the Marshall Military
Veterans Association hosted a veterans appreciation reception where students recognized the service of their peers.
Commemorating Service
Nick Hernandez | Daily Trojan
Photo courtesy of Professor Madhu Thangvelu
Frontier · The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will offer Space Exploration
Concept Synthesis Studio, as part of the web-based Distance Education Network.
| see gender, page 14 |
Topics: Daily Trojan co-sponsors a discussion
about politics post-November 4 at 1 p.m.
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Room 106.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 165, NO. 56 | Wednesday November 12, 2008
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
12 · Classifieds
13 ·Crossword
16 · Sports
New Ball Game: Green’s
transfer opens door for Tyler.
PAGE 16
By maria nikias
Daily Trojan
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Assembly will kick off its second annual
Gender Justice Week on Wednesday, hoping
to raise awareness among the USC communi-ty
about issues related to gender identity and
expression.
This year’s Gender Justice Week will fo-cus
specifically on India, Thailand, Japan
and the Asian-American community, begin-ning
Wednesday night with a screening of
“Blue Gate Crossing,” a Taiwanese film from
2002 about love and sexual confusion among
three high schoolers. Monday’s Trans-Asian
Panel will feature USC faculty who have stud-ied
the experiences of transgender peoples
in East Asia, and Tuesday’s “Transgender
Ally Training” will address how transgender
individuals and their supporters can respond
to “common discrimination” and learn “ap-propriate
and up-to-date terminology,” ac-cording
to the GLBTA Facebook group.
“The goal of Gender Justice Week is to raise
awareness of transgender issues and trans-gender
individuals,” said Vincent Vigil, a USC
alumnus and director of the GLBTA Resource
Center. “Who do you feel you are? What is
your identity? For some people, they don’t feel
like they fit into that spectrum.”
For GLBTA, a week to break more barriers
This year’s Gender Justice Week will
explore transgender issues through the
arts with a focus on East Asia.
By ariel edwards-levy
Daily Trojan
James Warf, a Manhattan Project scientist turned
nuclear safety activist and longtime USC professor,
died Friday from spine cancer at his home in Silver
Lake, Calif. He was 91.
Warf was a group leader of the Manhattan
Project, conducting research during World War II
that aimed to develop the first nuclear weapon.
He also held patents on extraction techniques
that were used as part of the process for separat-ing
plutonium.
Warf is remembered as nothing short of phe-nomena
for his contributions to the scientific com-munity
at USC and elsewhere.
“He was a gentle, thoughtful and brilliant man,”
said Dan Hirsch, founder of the nuclear policy
group Committee to Bridge the Gap, who worked
closely with Warf. “For 30, years I would call him
about once a week with a technical question on nu-clear
chemistry matters, and I would begin the call
by saying, ‘Mr. Wizard, I have a question for you.’
And in 30 years, I never stumped him. I would ask
a one sentence question and I would get a brilliant
one-hour lecture off the top of his head.”
Warf worked to create a nuclear weapon to help
in the United States’ effort against the Nazis, but
later worried about the misuse of nuclear weapons,
often testifying as an expert witness in trials in-volving
the use of weapons-grade uranium in reac-tors,
Hirsch said.
“[The Manhattan Project] was something he
lived to regret because it contributed to spread of
weapons worldwide,” he said. “He spent most of his
life working to restrain the genie that had escaped
from the bottle.”
Lawrence Singer, a chemistry professor at USC
since 1967, said Warf eventually grew concerned
with the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
“He was not antinuclear — he thought there was
a role to be played by nuclear energy in fields such
as nuclear medicine and the use of nuclear energy
as a power source,” Singer said.
USC professor,
government
scientist dies
Warf was a pioneer in the field of nuclear,
engineering developing plutonium separation.
| see warf, page 11 |
By natalie chau
Daily Trojan
As NASA continues to expand its explo-ration
of the last great frontier, the USC
Viterbi School of Engineering plans to fur-ther
expand its own academic opportuni-ties
for students around the world.
The class, Space Exploration
Architectures Concept Synthesis Studio,
will be taught online through the Distance
Education Network, an online master’s de-gree
program. The program, established
in 1972, enables students to earn a mas-ter’s
degree in science “without having to
set foot on the campus,” according to the
program’s website.
The course explores ways in which hu-mans
can survive in space. Under the
guidance of adjunct professor Madhu
Thangavelu and experienced engineers,
students study existing projects aimed at
making space inhabitable for humans and
seek to tackle challenges of space coloni-zation.
“We try not to do the same problem
every year. Sometimes we talk about
Mars, sometimes about hotels in orbit,”
Thanagvelu said. “This year, we are look-ing
at ideas like lunar agriculture and how
you grow stuff on the moon. We are look-ing
at how you would make a lunar colony
comfortable.”
Much of the class instruction is con-ducted
by guest lecturers from the engi-neering
industry.
Thangavelu said offering the class on-line
will allow him to add more guest
speakers. Guest lecturers, such as NASA
officials who would not be able to make it
to campus in person, could be invited to
participate via video in the new format.
Engineering class boldly goes where
no USC student has gone before
The new classes will be taught online
via USC’s Distance Education Network.
| see nasa, page 14 |
Members of the armed forces held a vigil for United States Military veterans Tuesday night in front of Tommy Trojan. Elsewhere on
campus, in honor of Veterans Day, the USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and the Marshall Military
Veterans Association hosted a veterans appreciation reception where students recognized the service of their peers.
Commemorating Service
Nick Hernandez | Daily Trojan
Photo courtesy of Professor Madhu Thangvelu
Frontier · The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will offer Space Exploration
Concept Synthesis Studio, as part of the web-based Distance Education Network.
| see gender, page 14 |
Topics: Daily Trojan co-sponsors a discussion
about politics post-November 4 at 1 p.m.
Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Room 106.